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Developer requests 85-foot height limit in Capitola Mall redevelopment
Capitola Planning Commission to discuss approval of new rules at November meeting
Santa Cruz City Council Roundup: West Cliff, housing, pickleball
Council moves to strengthen local preference for affordable housing
Exclusive: Tenants of UC-owned apartments in Santa Cruz sue over alleged harassment, habitability issues
Hilltop renters demand $1.75 million
Santa Cruz leaders confront looming service gap as key homeless program ends
Officials to plan next steps amid Housing Matters eliminating Day Services
Santa Cruz Renters Union urges tenants to band together
Plus: resource guide for renters
Pajaro Valley school district delays decision on controversial issues policy
Plus: Board scores 0/100 on ‘effectiveness’
Border patrol was deployed to Oakland. Here’s what Santa Cruz County residents need to know
Know your rights, other resources
Santa Cruz County Supes roundup: Measure Q, Kratom, RV rules
New tow and scrap law could be illegal, ACLU says
Five-story Live Oak apartments up for approval from Santa Cruz County planning
57-unit building utilizes state law to defy zoning rules
Pajaro Valley school district to weigh policy revisions some call ‘classroom censorship’
‘Controversial issues’ policy on Wednesday board meeting agenda
Anti-Trump protests planned Saturday in Santa Cruz, Watsonville
Hundreds of ‘No Kings’ protests planned nationwide
Housing Matters expected to end some essential services for homeless people at Coral Street
Cuts to be latest in series of local service reductions
Federal shutdown threatens food assistance program for thousands of children in Santa Cruz County
Tariff money, new bill hope to provide relief
‘First big rain of the season’ expected in Santa Cruz County on Monday
Flood watch resources and storm prep advice
Jimmy Panetta and Zoe Lofgren to host town hall Saturday in Watsonville
Residents can submit questions for representatives to answer
Supervisors advance new rules to scrap illegally parked vehicles in Santa Cruz County
Homeless residents could face displacement
Transportation commission considers options for midcounty rail trail amid $77 million shortfall
State and federal grants remain at risk
Report: 21,000 Santa Cruz County residents could lose health insurance by 2028
Thousands of Santa Cruz County residents set to lose health insurance or see premiums double
Local college programs for Latino students to shutter as federal cuts take effect
Cabrillo College and UCSC to lose $3 million each
County works to uncover and reverse historical racist housing restrictions
Language illegal for more than 40 years still in some deeds
New study finds 29% of Santa Cruz County pregnancies near harmful pesticides
Plus: Watsonville activist completes 30-day hunger strike after brief hospitalization